Mastodawn

BenedicteCallan Aug 16, 2023

Scientists are moving from X-itter. Almost half have opened accounts with Mastodon, the highest of all the other social networking sites according to a Nature survey.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.

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Johanna's Garden

@BeneCal Another way the X makes sense.

At first I thought: Ridiculous rename.

Then Musk didn't delete the account of a user who posted child pornography, so I thought, "Oh, the site is X-rated now" even though child porn is still illegan, and and it's a site that allows teen registrations, hmmm.